• Dwelling

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈdwÉ›l.ɪŋ/
    • Rhymes: -É›lɪŋ

    Full definition of dwelling

    Noun

    dwelling

    (plural dwellings)
    1. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
      • 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter Foreword, He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
    2. The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. - Alfred Tennyson

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    dwelling
    1. Present participle of dwellI was dwelling in the cave.
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